Allan, Mea

William Robinson 1838-1935 Father of the English flower garden.

Faber & Faber, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with a mark on the front pastedown where a label has been removed but no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed and scratched. 256 pages, photos and illustrations in the text, bibliography, index. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 68488

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Gardening Horticulture Biographies

Anderton, Eric & Park, Ron

Growing gladioli.

Christopher Helm, 1989. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges and slighly sunned on front cover. x + 166 pages, photos on plates, illustrations in the text, appendices, index. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 63515

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Gardening Horticulture Flowering plants

Anon

The blue book of gardening: Catalogue 1937.

Carters Seeds, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue boards with gilt titles, boards rubbed and worn, stain to front cover and bottom 2 inches of spine missing, no inscriptions. 416 pages, colour and black & white illustrations in the text, index. Interesting reflection of gardening at the time, including using worm killer on lawns - a long way from No mow May. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 67540

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Horticulture Gardening Flower and Vegetable growing Seeds

Austin, Alfred

In Veronica's garden.

Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1897. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with silver titles and decoration, pages age tanned, spine tanned, cloth rubbed at edges, corners bumped, name on front endpaper. 168 pages + 8 pages of publisher's adverts, photos on plates. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 54643

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Horticulture Poetry

Bagust, Harold

Miniature and dwarf geraniums (pelargoniums).

Christopher Helm, 1988. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright price clipped dustjacket. Appears little used. x + 164 pages, photos on plates, illustrations in the text, index. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 63514

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Gardening Horticulture Flowering plants

BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford)

A stream in your garden: how the amateur may install running water in rock gardens and the construction of pools.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, minor foxing to endpapers, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is tanned, rubbed at the edges and has small areas of loss at the the spine ends. 104 pages, illustrations in the text by the author, appendices. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 67600

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: BB Natural History Countryside Ponds Fish keeping

Bingley, Rev. William

Useful Knowledge: or A familiar and explanatory account of the various productions of nature. mineral, vegetable, and animal, which are chiefly employed for the use of man. Volume II (2) Vegetables.

Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1818. Second Edition. Hardcover. Ex private lending library hardback, binding pulled, bound in half leather with tape repair to spine, leather worn at corners, library info on front endpaper and remains of label on front pastedown. 292 pages, illustrations on plates, index. Poor.

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Book number: 68493

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Horticulture Gardening Plants Botany

Bordeaux, Henry

Les fleurs des Alpes 18 planches en dix couleurs d'apres les aquarelles de Paul A Robert.

France: Librairie Plon, 1938. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound larger format (20.5 x 28 cm) paperback, french binding, spine has minor loss at spine ends, gift inscription and date (1946) on half title page. 16 pages + 18 colour illustrations on plates. Good.

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Book number: 67720

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Botany Alpine plants Floral art

Bramwell, David & Zoe I.

Jardines de Canarias: Vol 1 - Flores ornamentales y Vol 2 Cactus y plantas crasas.

Spain: Editorial Rueda, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 clean hardbacks tightly bound in imitation red leather with gilt titles, minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. Vol 1: text in Spanish and English, 116 pages, colour photos in the text. Vol 2: published in 1984, text in Spanish, English and German, 136 pages, colour photos in the text. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued.

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Book number: 61049

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Canary Islands Horticulture Botany Gardening

Browse, Philip McMillan

Heligan: fruit, flowers and herbs.

Penzance: Alison Hodge, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, french binding, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 240 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Very Good.

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Book number: 63536

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Lost gardens of Heligan Cornwall

Castle, Agnes & Egerton

Our sentimental garden.

Heinemann, 1915. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in olive green cloth with black titles, cloth rubbed and worn, spine very tanned and frayed at ends, spine has been neatly repaired and reattached, name and date on front endpaper verso (1923), endpapers and page edges foxed. 306 pages, 8 colour illustrations on plates and many drawings in the text by Charles Robinson. Poor with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 54883

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Italianate gardens Horticulture Surrey

Foster, F. Gordon

Ferns to know and grow.

U.S.A: Timber Press, 1998. Third Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound larger format paperback, no inscriptions, spine has faded from green to blue. Appears little used. xiv + 228 pages, many illustrations in the text, glossary, index. Very Good.

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Book number: 35899

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Plants & flowers Botany

Hammer, Patricia R.

The new topiary: imaginative techniques from Longwood Gardens.

Northiam: Garden Art Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound hardback book with author's signature on the title page, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine. Appears little used. 264 pages, photos and drawings in the text, sources, bibliography, index. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 47709

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Horticulture Ivies American Gardens

Hole, Dean S. Reynolds

Then and now.

Hutchinson, 1902. Reprint; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in red cloth with gilt titles, bevelled boards, top edge gilt, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, spine a little faded, armorial bookplate of Maxwell Sherston on front pastedown, address stamps on rear, no inscriptions. viii + 334 pages + adverts, tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 56527

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Gardens & gardeners Victorian Age

Massingham, Betty

Turn on the fountains: the life of Dean Hole.

Gollancz, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine. 256 pages, photos on plates, appendices, bibliography, index. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 57176

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Biography Church Of England Rochester